First Bancorp/NC

1. 01

   Set a 52-week high on 4 Nov 2026

   Closed at $66.00 on 4 Nov 2026: 1.5% below the 52-week high of $66.99 (4 Nov 2026) and 38.0% above the low of $47.83 (17 Nov 2025).

   Daily price bars, split-adjusted · as of 4 Nov 2026

2. 02

   10.0 days to cover short interest

   2.1M shares were sold short at the 15 Oct 2026 settlement, 5.1% of the 41.4M shares outstanding; covering them would take 10.0 days of average volume. Short interest is reported twice a month, on a lag.

   Exchange short-interest filing · as of 15 Oct 2026

3. 03

   Ahead of SPY and its sector fund XLF over 1 year

   1 month: +10.5% (SPY −1.6%, XLF +9.6%). 3 months: +1.7% (SPY −0.4%, XLF +2.1%). 1 year: +33.2% (SPY +13.6%, XLF +12.9%). Price change to the 4 Nov 2026 close; dividends excluded.

   Daily closes, split-adjusted: FBNC, SPY and XLF · as of 4 Nov 2026

4. 04

   Above its 50- and 200-day averages

   The 4 Nov 2026 close of $66.00 was 5.2% above its 50-day average ($62.74) and 8.7% above its 200-day average ($60.71). It has closed above the 200-day for 15 sessions, since 15 Oct 2026. The 50-day average crossed above the 200-day on 15 Jul 2025, 330 sessions ago.

   Daily closes, split-adjusted; 50- and 200-session simple averages · as of 4 Nov 2026

At the 4 Nov 2026 close